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[General Questions and Answers] xdadevolpers:
Same for me.

I have used 4 WinMo Phones before switching to android. All because winmo was a crap , laggy and bad. Now android phones are more fast , also the devolpers are all devolping for android and not more winmo.
[General Questions and Answers] abellimz:
But i suppose with a jailbroken iPhone you change a lot of things as well? ( idk becos I don't know what's there in cydia)

Sent from my HTC Desire
[General Questions and Answers] alfredojra:
Because It looks Cool! :D
[General Questions and Answers] Cor-master:
I hated Apple but kinda wanted an iphone, it's shortcomings at the time kept me away from it. In February of 2009 I signed a 2 year contract with a Samsung Eternity thinking I was getting an iphone experience without the shortcomings. Within a month I realized my phone was nothing special, just a dumb phone with a screen and i decided I was getting a smartphone the next time. The market to me seamed bleak seemed nothing could hold a candle to the iphone and you just had to deal with no mms amongst other things. And then my brother showed off his brand new T-mobile G1 and i was blown away. I had heard about the "google " phone but it seemed like it's release was a non event. I saw apps and customization options and multiple home screens. I wanted one, but sadly I wasn't even half way to my upgrade date. Over the next year the obsession grew and while I planned to leave at&t in February of 2011, I couldn't wait any longer and come November 2010 I opted for an early upgrade with a Samsung Captivate
[General Questions and Answers] sbhboi:
Bought it along with my gf's X10 (mine is X10 Mini Pro), just wanna try out the fun using touch screen phone, which, not so bad after all. :)
[General Questions and Answers] droidhackpro:
I started with the original Moto Droid. I bought it being a long time Verizon customer and coming from using a BlackBerry. I love Android. With my rooted Samsung Galaxy Nexus, I'm making iPhone users at work jealous.
[General Questions and Answers] XGressor:
Tired of the Apple Machine

I was turned off to Apple with the bricking of iPhones for unauthorized apps. What keeps them from doing it again? Laws? right.
[General Questions and Answers] nerotNS:
When I bought my first Android I wasn't that informed on the capabilities of the OS.The thing that made me buy it was the UI.Now I realise that i didn't make a mistake by buying it.First of all Android is very flexible unlike the iOS it has a lot of features to offer and the best thing its open source which means that it is possible to improve it and add more features.
[General Questions and Answers] Xphazer:
Because I've always been a Linux Geek. Windows and Apple are a no-go for me..

I try to use free (open source) technology whenever possible.
[General Questions and Answers] markp1989:
I chose android over iPhone because I didn't want to have to use a computer to manage my phone (not really as much of an issue since ios5 but at the time it was a problem)

I already had all my contacts added to my Gmail account and android syncs pretty easily with my gmail account, even if on the first day it downloaded every person I had ever emailed even if i hadn't added them to the contact list, after cleaning them up i was happy.

I don't like that there is only 1 current iPhone, I like having choice, like with iPods you have nano, classic, shuffle etc. I would have considered an iPhone more if they had different types like an iPhone XL with a bigger screen or iPhone messenger with a full slide out qwerty keyboard, perhaps an iPhone mini that was about the size of the X10 mini, just more than one thing to chose from.

I also quite like that you can get in to Android at multiple price points, if your not going to be using 3d gaming or anything like that than a lower powered midrange phone will do just fine, if you need/want more power than you can chose and pay more to have it.

I'm yet to try a windows phone,I wouldn't mine giving it a go one day to see how it is, but I would have to do some research when my SGSII gets tired.

I hate seeing iPhone users say that Android users just cannot afford an iPhone, when most of the high end Android phones are priced very similar to the iPhone.

I also quite like tinkering so thats a plus for Android in my book.
[General Questions and Answers] Tilk94:
Because we're free to do everything we want to!

And... because I am a huge Google user since opening of Gmail service.
[General Questions and Answers] skythra:
Because I had a i900 with an awesome modaco rom on it, and then an iphone 3g which was far cheaper on plan than any other android phone at the time.

By the time the i9000 was out, ny iphone was so slow it was unusable; email took ages to open, same with sms and calling sometimes didn't pick up.

I knew i would be able to mod the android easily so i grabbed a i9000t when i could get out of my vodafail contract (in australia, vodafone oversold their phones and their network went to **** resulting in a huge fallout of customers for lack of service).

I got the i9000 because it was beefy and my i900 to i9000 seemed cool. I didn't want HTC at the time because i always worry about build quality - i've thrown my phone at people and flung it into a wall by mistake nothing super hard just when i get a bit tipsy (ok smashed) i stop caring about "what if's" and so my brothers HTC phone which broke in seconds (unlucky backlight issue) didn't lend itself. I'm not a motorolla fan and i don't like the look of the sony ericsons.

Then since i got this phone what nearly like 18 months ago i've found plenty of great cases, and lots of roms and settled on a pretty happy miui mintberry crunch for now.

But i was very disapointed that although it's still fast, smooth and totally useable, samsung decided that they'd kill it off. I think not even 2 years of support is horrible. Most western countries have 24 month plans so even if they bought the phone on release day, they'd be screwed before the plan was close to being finished.

Samsung i'm dissapointed.

Will i buy another one? Well, I don't know. If samsung makes the next nexus phone maybe, or maybe I won't.

There's lots of good android phones but it'll depend on the community majority before i get the next one. My plan ends in 6 months time so I'll worry about new phone releases at that time and weigh up my options.
[General Questions and Answers] mikness360:
I owned a samsung s5620(not bad uh) and an ipod touch 2g,always using the latter with jailbreak to navigate and do stuff,no need to say.

I looked for a smoother,faster and better organized phone that would merge phone and multimedia.I didn't choose ios because I thought it was personalization-limited,so,on reccomendation of a friend,I searched through the internet and finally got the perfect blend of my desires:actually I have a i9000.

android is perfect,but I miss a lot tilt to live,a game only available for ios system,I think that's a pity(though it still is on my ipod,but runs sluggish:p)
[General Questions and Answers] Origin8:
I was tired of people bragging about their iphone being able to do so much so I bought the hd2.
[General Questions and Answers] tabon:
i got an android cuz i was bored jailbreaking iphone and second cuz i love linux, and its so smooth that u can make your phone as ur linux desktop :)
[General Questions and Answers] ciccio89_xda:
I bought a LG P500 just for getting in this world. It was a good idea. I can do everything and also edit everything.

Even, I love linux and I really appreciate that it's inside android os..
[General Questions and Answers] phuxus:
Wanted to enter the free Smartphoneworld, so i choose Android.

In my case i got me a HTC Desire Amoled, April 2010. I love it :) And iam more individual as any Iphone User, because in Austria everybody got at least one Iphone, even they can't afford it.
[General Questions and Answers] RubyRhod62:
Like a lot of people here, i bought a few IOS devices for years, but with each time the same problems :

-Closed world (even with jailbreaking)

-System limit

-Majority of apps cost $$$

-The screen size.

So android came to me with it's opened doors of freedom, limitless evolving, big screens, a lot a free apps.
[General Questions and Answers] aramid:
i wanted a versatile and easy on the budget smartphone with a lively following and a supportive community.
[General Questions and Answers] rolodev:
Cause i love modify everything in my mobile
[General Questions and Answers] trx182:
Got my Sensation so that i could play around with it like i couldnt have with, for example, an iPhone. Its stable, good lookin, and easy to use! :)

Now the questions now is, what tablet should i get.. any suggestions? :)
[General Questions and Answers] Trekfan422991:
i am not a linux hippie lol.. i am a.windows man, always have been. when android first arrived i did not like it one bit. ive had 5 win mo phones and i " thought" that they were awesome. just a year and a half ago i started messing around with xdandroid which runs android off of your sdcard for windows mobile phones and like usual i prematurely judged a book by its cover. i bought the lg thrill for att mainly because it is dual channel ram and i havent looked back since.

i am proud of microsoft for the maturity of wp7 and would honestly love to use one of those but im hooked line and sinker on android right now.

Sent from my LG Thrill 4G...
[General Questions and Answers] psiquico:
I buy my first android phone (samsung Galaxy s GT-i9000B).

After i sell my iPhone 3Gs, because my mother want that phone.

In that moment i wanted the iphone 4.

In first i does´nt like my phone.

And i wanted to sell to a friend, but i found a site, about android.

And talk to modding the phone , root and a lot of thinks i dont understand.

Now One Year After, i have a lot of android phones.

And very happy :p.
[General Questions and Answers] dubbloc:
windows 6.5 from t-mobile freezes the new update didnt work and so i decided to put android on my htc hd2
[General Questions and Answers] thesuffering:
because iphone was too restrictive and didnt allow me to customize to my needs.

Had a iphone 3g, kept for 2 years, sold for $200

bought iphone 4 the day it came out, sold it on ebay for $850 the same day

bought a nexus one loved it but then the new phone itch came along

traded it for an inspire 4g. the inspire is ok but im a little pissed at htc right now. my damn volume button fell out and i lost it. warranty process sucks so im just dealing with it for now until i decide on my next step.
[General Questions and Answers] e.coli:
iOS is too locked-down, and too expensive, and at least with Android you have some guarantee of quality software.
[General Questions and Answers] King Shatta:
I had an iPhone for quite some time and every time a new iPhone got released they're wasn't much of a change physically i think and only a few features I was excited about with new software releases, so essentially just got bored with the phone.

I picked up a Motorola Xoom and so far I'm loving it! Not only the Xoom is very customizable but with ability to overclock CPU and view flash sites it's not too far from replacing my laptop lol. Also with the release of ICS 4.0.3 it made the Xoom that much sweeter :).

Figure it was time to get a new phone so I went out and got the Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE and WOW, good bye IPhone.
[General Questions and Answers] HowDoiUseAndroid:
I wanted a smartphone I could tinker with.
[General Questions and Answers] Cuppeerr:
American first 4G phone the HTC Evo 4G. I jumped from an iPhone on att to the evo on sprint and now have an evo 3d. Im in love with android now.
[General Questions and Answers] oscar2493:
The first time I heard about android was back when the Hero came out. A friend of mine had gotten it and I just fell in love with Android and HTC Sense fo.r that fact. Now I own an HTC Evo Shift with MIKshifted-G v 2.0 and loving it
[General Questions and Answers] miro101:
I like the ability to brick and unbrick my devices in all fashions i wish for :)
[General Questions and Answers] slick1o1:
Because everyone i know has 1
[General Questions and Answers] zoombdroid:
Had an iPhone, but wanted to support open-source/standards, both with phone provider and phone. Sprint (WiMax) + Android = WEEEEE! Heh. Love my RandomROM/Thunderhawk Epic 4G!!! Thanks, RandomKing.
[General Questions and Answers] nerotNS:
So in conclusion iPhone sucks :D

http://www.danasoft.com/ sig/****yeah287168.jpg
[General Questions and Answers] da__beast:
because my old windows phone was crappy, I didn't want an iPhone, wanted to be able to control my apps and hardware.
[General Questions and Answers] DroidVPN:
We are offering a VPN service which only works for Windows OS and we are getting requests from our users that they would love to have the same VPN on their android phone. We decided to buy a Moto Xoom but figured it was too expensive for a test device. So we bought LG P500 and we started to port our app to android. :)

In short we bought an android device for developing apps. But now I love using our android devices. I can almost do anything on my Moto Xoom :)
[General Questions and Answers] caprioo:
I got my first android tablet last X'mas because it's faster, the mon is bigger and I can do whatever I want with it.
[General Questions and Answers] Astrofrigo:
I have the Samsung Galaxy S2 and it's my first Android and first "proper" smartphone i own (my old phone is the Samsung Omnia i900 :eek: ) and I chose it because we all know it's a beast and they offered it to me for free last year, at the end of summer!

I'm really happy with it, but i'm not happy with the ****ty Samsung's tech service here in spain... it's a long story, i ended up fixing the phone myself.

I don't think i'd leave Android, but i would like to have a Windows Phone too.
[General Questions and Answers] kmcspecial:
I got an android phone (Thunderbolt) last march because, after researching it is clearly the superior OS for me. Customization, interface, hardware, and unlike the iPhone 4 (that family members have) it got reception in places I frequent. I recently upgraded to the Rezound and gave my Thunderbolt to my brother, I couldn't be happier with the quality of the phones and the community that supports their development. And for that I would like to say thank you. Oh and 4G is wicked fast, pulled a 20 Mb download and 15 Mb upload speeds yesterday.
[General Questions and Answers] xstokerx:
I went from bb with no customisations and crappy bbm that only worked half the time to iphone 3gs with jailbreak and some custom themes but installus is messed cant download any thing anymore to a lg optimus thrill 4g and i love it its stable fast and reliable. Ive always wanted an androide cuz i like to beable to do what ever i want with my device its mine right?
[General Questions and Answers] !n0x:
The real reason I wanted to try out Android was to try a new OS for mobile phones.
[General Questions and Answers] combat goofwing:
After having a HTC touch pro 2 running win mobile I got use to Modding and hacking etc but apps in win mob were limted upgraded to a desire HD and didnt look back I can get it to look,work and offer what I need.then got a Asus transformer and that moved it to another. NOW JUST WAITING FOR ICS on the transformer and the HTC edge to come out and my intergrated android world will be complete ............for now

SENT FROM MY TRANSFORMER and its on KRAKD
[General Questions and Answers] Dusk252:
Several reasons. Main reason is that my 6 year old 4GB iPod nano (v.1) finally stopped working. And I can't spend one day without my music. So I had the option between buying a new one, or something in which I could listen to music too.

Then, there's the fact that I used to carry my phone with me, which annoyed my family, friends and colleagues, who complained I was always unreachable.

With those two things in mind, I went around checking prices and pondering advantages and disadvantages, finally setting my sight on a Samsung Galaxy W, which I though had a nice quality/price balance and ended up getting it, along with a 16 GB sd-card for 260€ - more 100€ than the 16 GB iPod nano I planned on buying.

That said, I have no regrets, for it was one of my best decisions. The smartphone ended up being way more useful than I first thought, not to mention the fact that it fully satisfied me as a technology lover.
[General Questions and Answers] nikzDHD:
The Desire HD was my first Android device early last year, moved to it from a BlackBerry, as much as I loved the bold 9700 I got fed up with lack of updates and the OS was deeming to fail, BBM and push emails were great though and the physical keyboard.

My 9700 suffered death when it fell out of my hands and screen broke, replacement screen was pricey so got a good deal on a used DHD, was curious in trying out Android and a big screen and fell in love with it.

Shortly after sold the DHD to get the SGS2 on day 1 it was released after the phones4u exclusive was over.

Been enjoying it since.

Web browsing is a joy compared to OS6 on the BB, and plenty more apps.

BBM has been replaced by whatsapp, and push emails is as effective.

Had an ipod touch and hated iOS just to much of a closed OS. Even jailbreaking it wasn't that useful.

Happy Android user, sure it has some niggles but what OS doesn't? It's great and flexible.

Heck even my sister left BB, and got herself a SGS2 as well and she's loving android as well.
[General Questions and Answers] UTBandNerd:
New to the forum-

I bought a Droid Razr after Christmas and tried it out because i was sick of the same-old that I had experienced year after year with the iPhone. I am considering trading it for the samsung galaxy nexus because I have heard that it is superior. Verizon told me to not even bother with it, and I guess they were wrong.
[General Questions and Answers] come at me bro:
Been on android because my company at the time didn't have a iphone, I'm at the point that I'm about to hop on the train to ios land though if I don't like ics , in fact if anyone wants a HTC att vivid or has a 4s they want to get rid of shoot me a pm
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
#1 affordable

#2 flexible

#3 quality

#4 simplicity
[General Questions and Answers] wailer247:
Basically because I don't drink the Kool aid like the rest of the general population. I find iPhones to be be pretty user friendly. However, I'm not an end user. I find that Apple loves to be a bit extreme especially with the lack of customizability. I work in a phone/computer rtepair shop and It's pretty apparent that Apple doesn't want you to fix your device should something break. As someone who builds computers, I can't understand buying a handheld computer and shipping it off for repair when I can do it myself. I mean, why is there no ios recovery menu?
[General Questions and Answers] Software Guy:
My iPhones were OK for a long time but they always were lacking in customization so I jailbroke them. They were better but just ok. The switch to Android was amazing, it took 6 months for me to even need to root my phone. I also got tired of Apple and it's evil ways. I'll never go back. Never.
[General Questions and Answers] :
Why did I get an Android phone? Well I was the proud owner of an HTC Touch Pro about 1.5 years ago and I really liked the how that HTC phones looked and felt. At that time my sister had an HTC hero running Android 1.5, and as I played around with it I was surprised by all the options and customization! You want an icon there? You got it! You want a widget here? Why not! It was at that moment I knew that I wanted my next phone to be an Android phone, but I didn't know where to jump in. I didn't know what phone I wanted or even what carrier I wanted... all I knew was I didn't want to be with AT&T anymore.

I started doing some research and found the the monster super phone at that time... the HTC Evo 4G. The HTC Evo was a perfect fit for me, it was HTC phone, it was on Sprint with good service in my area, and Sprints cheaper prices. :) Fast forward 1.5 years later and my Evo and I are still happily together, I'm now a hardcore flash and mod addict, and I don't plan on ever switching away from Android anytime in the near future. :cool:
[General Questions and Answers] Non¢s:
I love the idea being able to fully tailor the phone to my needs and android definitely suites those needs. I also have a habit tinkering with gadgets, so it works well with that too.
[General Questions and Answers] mokate:
i got my defy about 1 years,Because of the higher price
[General Questions and Answers] mddcflimsreal:
I've tried every operating system I've heard of. Palm. Blackberry. Windows. IOS. And nothing compared to Android. I love everything about it. It was easier to use. Nice. Sleek more then one maker as an option. I decided once I got rid of my blackberry storm and got the motorola milestone from telus. I was sold. I love that there's more free apps. More customization. The sky was the limit. And with android advancing every day. Who knows what other wicked invention will be next. Like iris for example. It actually understands more then apples siri. Because I have a 4s (work pays for it.) And I will say something to it. And the respone would be. I didn't understand blah blah blah. With me actually getting the choice in phone. Id always picked android. And I love my nexus one. Nexus s. Shine plus. Desire. Defy. Like there all perfect examples. Haven't you noticed. None are the same. There all special in there own way. Apple sucks. Palm sucks. Blackberry sucks. And windows. Eh. Mango is alright.

Sent from my LG Shine Plus using the XDA app
[General Questions and Answers] smokedkill:
I got my first android because I'm on Verizon and wanted a smartphone. I liked how the Droid Eris looked and the price so I got it and fell in love. I don't remember exactly how I got into rooting but I believe it originated with looking up a problem I was having with the trackball. Once I found out about rooting and custom roms, my love really began to develop.
[General Questions and Answers] spackmanbr:
So many reasons. Here are just a few...

1) I already use a lot of Google products for both work and personal, so I love the tight Google integration.

2) I love to tinker with and tweak things (settings, mods, etc.) I can change and experiment all I want. And if I break it... nandroid.

3) Custom ROMs allow me to have the latest OS versions, all optimized for my phone. My Evo 4g still feels like a brand new, top of the line phone.

4) Android UI is simple and intuitive, but heavily customizable.

5) I honestly do not like Apple products. I just don't "get them." They are not nearly as intuitive as they are made out to be. WP7 came too late to be an option for me, and based on my short time playing with it, I don't want it anyway. There is no way that I would even consider a non-touchscreen phone, so BB is not an option, and probably wouldn't be even if they did have a touchscreen on Sprint.

I lusted after Android ever since the launch of the G1, and couldn't wait until an Android phone came to Sprint. The Hero launch wasn't timed right for my upgrade, but the Evo 4g was. I couldn't be happier, even after more than a year and seeing many more powerful phones come and go.
[General Questions and Answers] RamblingIdiot:
I got my Samsung Prevail because it was on sale at Walmart's Black Friday thing. But I like android because it just appears to be a better interface to work with. And unlike the iPhone or other smart phones, there's a wider variety of android handsets out there, i don't have to go with just samsung, or motorola. It gives me options to choose what company's phone I like.
[General Questions and Answers] depper:
I got my Samsung Galaxy S about a year ago cos I tied my life to Google with gmail, calendar, docs, etc so android was the natural choice for me. Lots of friends have iPhones but I think the android interface is nicer to use and many useful features are built right in without having to launch apps all the time. Other people I know have blackberry's but I don't like the small screens and user interface. Sticking with android for the foreseeable future.